When one of Scootaloo's guardians starts getting sick, and when the bills start getting high, she needs to leave. But if nopony offers to adopt Scootaloo as their own, she'll have to go back to the orphanage.
Swansong, an exiled Changeling, is living in Equestria, surviving by any means she can. As her little hatchling grows, Swansong knows something is wrong.
With her new apprenticeship under Nightmare Moon, Empress of Equestria and Queen of the Eternal Night, the orphan filly Twilight Sparkle plunges head-first into the conspiracies, secrets and intrigues of the Empire.
Unable to have a child of their own, Canterlot socialites Fancy Pants and Fleur give adoption a shot. Enter Chestnut—a filly from beyond Equestria who will quite possibly turn their life upside down.